Hi there, Konichiha～
I'd like to post about Japanese sweets Kanazawa in Ishikawa, the city is one of great Japanese wagashi sweets place. I got some Wagashi in Kanazawa.
This is ``Makiginu 巻絹`` one of well known wagashi in Kanazawa, the name came from Noh play ``Makiginu``. Its inside is sweet bean jam mixed with white miso and covered with habutae rice cake,the taste is not too sweet and not too soft, I'm satisfiled I could eat nicer wagashi.
この和菓子は「巻絹」という金沢を代表する和菓子だそうです
巻絹という名前の由来は能の巻絹という作品からきているそうで何とも金沢らしい由来ですね～☆
白みその餡を羽二重餅でくるんでありました、甘すぎず柔らかすぎず、ちゃんとした美味しい和菓子を食べることができました☆
I got these cute wagashi at the same wagashi shop. It's called ``Turu Kame 鶴亀`` Turu means crane Kame means turtle. It made from wasanbon that is fine grained Japanese sugar. The green might be a pine tree, white blue is turu (crane), green pink is kame (turtle).
この可愛い和菓子も同じお店で購入しました～、鶴亀という和三盆で作られている干菓子で、緑が松、白と青のは鶴、緑とピンクのは亀のようです、こういう可愛さは和菓子ならではですよね～！
This wagashi is called ``Mugibue 麦笛``. Mugibue means barley-straw whistle. Its inside is sweet bean paste and a whole chestnut coverd with barley dough. It was tasty.
この和菓子は麦笛という名前で、甘すぎないあんこと１粒の栗が大麦の生地でくるまれています、美味しかったです☆
The final wagashi is ``aikouka 愛香菓`` , a part of ingredients is armond so there is a little armond flavor I like it☆
最後の和菓子は「愛香菓」原材料の一部にアーモンドが使用されているので、ほのかにアーモンドの味がして和菓子の上品さを満喫☆
I enjoyed all of these Wagashi, I'll write about kanazawa trip soon !!
・About Noh play→ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noh
・About wasanbon → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasanbon
actually, I love wasanbon, any sweets (even cookies!) are made from wasanbon is amazing !
If you have any questions about Japan don't hesitate to mail me(・∀・)
Have a good one(・∀・)